“I like to enjoy the finals because I always think that it could be the last”

Ancelotti face the possibility of winning a new title with Real Madrid. The Cup would be Italian’s tenth conquest in front of the white team and achieving it would consolidate him a little more as one of the great legends of the bench. With a cup title, he debuted in Madrid in 2014 and now he is looking for another one to round off his record waiting for what happens in the Champions and with his future facing the coming season.

Illusion for the Cup

“Playing in a final always generates excitement. I like to enjoy them because I always think it could be the last. I thought about it in 2003 and I think about it now. That’s why I ask the players to enjoy it. We have achieved this final with merit, winning very difficult matches You have to enjoy the final and give your best to win. On a mental level, you don’t have to push the players in games like this”.

The City? Tomorrow we will not think of anything other than going out with all the energy to win another title

The duel against City

“Tomorrow we won’t think about anything other than going out with all the energy to win another title. The players are very motivated and preparing for these matches is quite simple.”

Modric ownership

“It is a doubt that we have. On Thursday he trained without problems and together with him we will assess him. After the last training session we will see him and discuss it.”

What’s at stake in the next 11 days? I’m playing a Cup final and a Champions League semifinal. Nothing else, my life is fine

His future on the bench

“What’s at stake for me in the next 11 days? I’m playing a Cup final and a Champions League semifinal. Nothing else, my life is fine. My future is very clear because my contract expires in 2024, not tomorrow. I feel a love extraordinary by the entire club, the president and José Ángel Sánchez and for me this is enough”.

The arbitration controversy

“The thing about the reds is quite an important issue. In my opinion, some of them are exaggerated. Not all of them are to take care of the players’ health because some are not. We will play a correct game and avoid protests. Let’s hope that a perfect game will come out in everywhere”.

I told Arrasate that we would play the final because I knew it

Full of titles in two seasons

“The truth is that in tomorrow’s final we can close the circle. We have a very nice challenge and hopefully we can close the circle of six titles.”

His ‘prophecy’ of the Cup final

I told Arrasate that we would play the final because I knew it (laughs).